My Grandchildren Quotes - Page 6

• Finally [Indira Ganhi] called a beautiful dark little boy who was playing on the lawn, and embracing him tenderly, murmured, 'This is my grandchild; this is the man I love most in the world.' It was a strange sensation to watch this very powerful woman embracing a child.

  Oriana Fallaci

  Beautiful, Children, Powerful

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• I look at [Toronto] and think well, perhaps my grandchildren will someday look at this stuff with the sort of appreciation I once held for Art Deco. Although I've come to find Art Deco quite creepy too.

  William Gibson

  Appreciation, Art, Grandchildren

  Source: craphound.com

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• This time I particularly loved because it came from a real experience with my grandchildren. Having them alone alone for the first time for six or seven days and going "Wow, this is exhausting," because when you're not around little ones for a long time, you forget about how much work that is. So I came in and started writing the story that became this movie ['PARENTAL GUIDANCE'].

  Billy Crystal

  Real, Writing, Grandchildren

  Source: www.scene-stealers.com

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• I love skiing, I love the sun, I love my children, I love my grandchildren, I love my family and friends... and whatever I haven't done.

  Donna Karan

  Children, I Love My Family, Family And Friends

  Interview With Calvin Klein, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 27, 2009.

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• I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt. I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn't live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren.

  Angelina Jolie

  Strong, Children, Growing Up

  "7 major health lessons we learned from celebrities in 2015", www.foxnews.com. December 24, 2015.

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• Of course, socialism is just evil now. It's completely discredited supposedly by the collapse of the Soviet Union, but I can't help noticing that my grandchildren are heavily in hock to Communist China now which is evidently a whole lot better at business than we are.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Grandchildren, Evil, Unions

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• And I apologize to all of you who are the same age as my grandchildren. And many of you reading this are the same age as my grandchildren. They, like you, are being royally shafted and lied to by our Baby Boomer corporations and government.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Baby, Reading, Grandchildren

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• My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.

  Henny Youngman

  Good Life, Grandma, Drinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what's going on.

  Ben Vereen

  Grandchildren, Grandpa

  "Ben Vereen: Usher’s Godfather Continues to Evolve". Interview with Greg Archer, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2012.

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• I care about my legacy that I'm leaving, not only for my fans, but for my wife and my children and my grandchildren. I want them to look back and say, 'He did it right and he stood up for what is right.'

  Josh Turner

  Children, Wife, Leaving

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• Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.

  Jane Smiley

  Son, Grandchildren, Like You

  Jane Smiley (1991). “Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas”

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• I'm not currently into economic textbooks, but my grandchildren tell me that the book by Gregory Mankiw, former head of the white house council of economic advisers is a model of intelligence and clarity. Why not try that one.

  John C. Bogle

  Book, Grandchildren, House

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren.

  Michael Morpurgo

  Friendship, Grandchildren, Talking

  "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Michael Morpurgo, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• When I was a little girl, if I didn't eat my soup, my mother would say, 'You have to think of all the Chinese children who have nothing to eat.' But now, for my children, Chinese people make everything, and for my grandchildren, they buy everything.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Girl, Mother, Children

  "DVF Up Close". Interview with Chuck Close, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 31, 2011.

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• Feeling good about yourself and your life is very important. I'm a happy woman, happy with my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren. We all get along quite well, and that keeps me centered.

  Carolina Herrera

  Daughter, Mother, Husband

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• My goals have changed throughout my life. At one time it was winning awards, selling out concert dates, selling more albums than anyone else. Now, my goals are to see my grandchildren grown, live a long and healthy life with my family and friends and travel the world.

  Reba McEntire

  Grandchildren, Winning, Awards

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• My wife and my three kids and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else.

  William Shatner

  Dog, Horse, Kids

  Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. April 18, 2012.

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• I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. But the problems are such that for anybody with a conscience who can use whatever influence he may have to try to bring about peace, it's difficult to say no.

  Nelson Mandela

  Rest In Peace, Children, Compassion

  "Nelson Mandela: U.S Is A Threat To World Peace". Interview with Tom Masland, www.newsweek.com. September 9, 2002.

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